M-WERC Meeting on Smart Cities Technologies & Holiday Event
The next M-WERC Member Meeting will take place on December 13th and will focus on "Smart Cities Technologies". The event will highlight and be sponsored by the City of Milwaukee. Join us for this exciting topic with both local and national speakers. After the event, join us for Holiday Networking and Cheer!
Tuesday, December 13th
Discovery World Museum, 3rd Floor Pilot House
(see map and driving directions at left)
- 2:00pm Registration & Networking
- 3:00pm Member Meeting on Smart Cities Technologies
- 5:30pm Holiday Networking & Social Event
M-WERC has partnered with the City of Milwaukee on Smart Cities Technologies. These technologies and the internet of things (IOT) applied to city and municipal infrastructure and services, have profound and significant potential to change the way people work and live in urban environments. Some of these Smart Cities technologies include, but are not limited to:
• Information Communications Technology (ICT) to keep city departments and citizens informed• Public Safety and police / security related applications
• Transportation (including public transportation, parking, and traffic control)
• Energy Use (including advanced energy efficiency technologies, as well as Smart Grid, microgrids and distributed energy technologies)
• Waste and garbage services
The City of Milwaukee and M-WERC have partnered in this area as part of the Envision America program in 2016: http://www.envisionamerica.org/ Looking ahead to 2017, we are proposing to form a working group to assist the City of Milwaukee adopt more of these technologies starting next year. We will then be able to apply this framework to other cities and municipalities in Wisconsin and the Midwest. Many of the partnering organizations from Envision America and M-WERC members will be asked to participate in this group.
On December 13th, we will hear about current Smart Cities initiatives that are already in place, and then will hear what other cities are doing across the U.S. to lay the groundwork for future activities by the City of Milwaukee. M-WERC is then prepared to work with other cities within our footprint to implement the framework that is developed, customizing it to the particular needs of other cities and municipalities.